Foreign aid: An instrument for fighting communism?

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 622-648

  Boschini, Anne ^a   Olofsgård, Anders ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNISM; ECONOMETRICS; EXPENDITURE; INTERNATIONAL AID; MODEL;

EID: 34248590888     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380701259707     Document Type: Article

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